New Plants

[jarich]

So Ive been searching for live plants that I can put in his enclosure for awhile now. Its been a bit difficult as they have to be non toxic in case he eats them, and they have to hold up in the conditions (hot, arid, and trampled often by big yellow dragon). I think I found some that will do the trick. The three I chose were Hen and Chicks (Echevaria perle van nurnber), Ponytail palm (Beaucarnia recurvata) and the Black rose (Aeonium atropurpurea). It makes the enclosure look much more natural and hopefully he wont destroy them too quickly. Here are some pics...

 

[diegothediggy]

very nice

 

[PatsyB]

Nice!

 

[Ntt]

Nice. What do you have as substrate by the way?

 

[Elemental Dragon Lord]

What about a cactus without thorns?

 

[jarich]

I use a bioactive substrate Ntt. It's a mix of topsoil, sand, charcoal, and humus, with a drainage layer below.

Yes, that could definitely work Dragon Lord, I just have never had much luck with cacti for some reason. They also grow so slowly normally that I thought they might not hold up to the abuse as well.

 

[Elemental Dragon Lord]

My dragon love chewing on them so that might increase how fast you have to replace then. But cactus are usually very durable.

 

[jarich]

Good to know. What species do you have in with yours?

 

[Elemental Dragon Lord]

Mine grow outside and I know there is nooooo pesticide or anything that can harm them, very containers. They like the barrel cactus for sunning even with the needles (scared me the first time Razor climbed one. Actually their favorite to eat is aloe.......go figure. They also like the cactus fruit (red buds that bloom flowers). I can't tell you the species because its not my area of exposure, my gf looked it up when I was smoothing Razor after he ate some the first time.